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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In many tribes, __________ of the population have lost family members to murder.
(a) Two thirds.
(b) One third.
(c) One half.
(d) Three fourths.

2. What is the chief competitor to the tangled bank theory and lottery theory?
(a) The King's Theory.
(b) The Blue Book Theory.
(c) The tangled bank and lottery theory have no competition.
(d) The Red Queen Theory.

3. What genders are not always needed?
(a) Hermaphrodites.
(b) Females.
(c) Males.
(d) None.

4. What is the development of language?
(a) A basic need for courtship.
(b) A basic need for human evolution.
(c) A need for humans to spread gossip about sexual partners.
(d) A basic need for survival of the species.

5. How did males evolve?
(a) With much difficulty.
(b) Alone.
(c) Waiting for females.
(d) Simultaneously with females.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the primary purpose of sexual reproduction that is very beneficial for all offspring?

2. Sexual reproduction benefits _____________.

3. Most modern societies are _________.

4. In an attempt to "outwit" these killers, organisms engage in _____________.

5. From a biologist's point of view, sexual reproduction is more _________ than asexual reproduction.

(see the answer key)

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